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Transient global amnesia after sexual intercourse
J Gallagher1, M S Murphy, J Carroll
1Dept of Geriatric Medicine, St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny. gallaj@eircom.net
Background:
Transient global amnesia presents as paroxysmal, transient loss of memory function and has been shown to have a number of inciting factors.
Aims:
To report a case and its inciting factor in order to heighten awareness of the condition.
Methods:
A 56-year-old woman who presented with TGA after sexual intercourse is reported.
Results:
The episode of TGA resolved after 14 hours. Results of laboratory tests including MRI brain and MR angiogram and venogram were normal.
Conclusion:
An inciting event can often be identified for TGA and a targeted history should be used to help elicit such events.
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